From an objective perspective, is Yao Ming’s weight gain the fundamental reason why he is unable to play?

From the law of sports science, weight gain is not the fundamental reason for destroying an athlete's health. The real trouble that makes athletes unable to play is injury.

Athletes like Jokic and Doncic are fat enough, right? They are very heavy, but have they suffered many major injuries in their physical health throughout their careers? In fact, there are not many, at most, there are contusions, sprains and other injuries.

The impact of weight gain will be a decline in physical function, resulting in a less agile ability than before. However, if they can successfully lose weight, lose weight in time, and achieve reasonable weight management, they can still play well.

The current teams have become very scientific in controlling the players' body weight. Experts have intervention in how to train and eat. They strictly follow the requirements of the standards, so that athletes can adjust their condition well.

There is also a part of logistics management here.

In addition, in terms of confrontation, Yao Ming also had to gain weight back then, and he couldn't beat him without gaining weight. When he first entered the league, his body would be as thin as a bamboo pole. If he was a little stronger than he could not do, he would easily lose his advantage.

In order to compete with the opponent at the basket, it is not harmful to him to gain weight properly.

Judging from Yao Ming's figure, you can also find that he is not as fat as O'Neal, but he is still in control and develops towards a balanced state.

What is the reason for saying that Yao Ming can't play the ball?

In addition to the injury factors I mentioned just now, I have to mention the way players play, which is also very important. For centers, the way of playing with serious injuries is the characteristic of a "strong center".

Like to use low positions, back hit, and use hard chiseling, which is easy to get hurt.

Because of this kind of playing, there are too many physical confrontations, and it is easy to encounter the assistance of outside defenders in the lower set. If you turn in, there are people inside, and hands and feet from all directions, various collisions will inevitably occur here.

The result of a forced attack at the basket is that Yao Ming's chance of being injured increases.

On the contrary, if it were Sabonis's style of playing, it would be much better. If the center can support it, take the ball at a high position and don’t kill it at the basket. It can relatively avoid more physical collisions and combine work and rest.

can not only let teammates get points, but also make adjustments and changes according to the situation on the field.

The style of play is tough and lacks changes. He likes to kill hard on the inside, which will cause fatigue and injuries to the players and is very likely to fall down due to various injuries.

and the coach's use of Yao Ming is also worth discussing. Whether it is Van Gundy or Thibodeau, who was an assistant coach back then, he would be more "ruthless" in Yao Ming and would play for a long time. He often had the experience of playing for about 40 minutes in the regular season.

High-intensity use caused Yao Ming's body to accumulate fatigue and also affected Yao Ming's physical recovery.

The coaching staff is to blame for this, and excessive use is indeed one of the important reasons for Yao Ming's injury to worsens and his rapid decline.

Rather than saying that gaining weight delayed Yao Ming, it is better to say that the coaching staff caused more problems with his use, at least there are some problems with tactics, rotation and time to use.

Look at the players under Thibodeau. Brunson, Hart, Bridges and others. If one day, Bridges will be injured and rest in the future. During this period, he played all games under Thibodeau. High-intensity games will definitely be an important reason.

No matter how Iron Man is, Bridges can't use it like this. He still plays at high intensity during the regular season, and no matter how outstanding athletes are, they cannot withstand such destruction.

Fortunately, Thibodeau has left. If I play for a few more seasons, I am really worried that Bridges and others can survive and ensure that they can walk out of the arena healthily.

The team is also very important about the use of players, rotation and injury management, and the injuries of players are closely related to them.

I think that Yao Ming's injury that year caused him to play intermittently was a result of various reasons. There were injuries, and there were many problems with the team's tactical playing style and system at that time.

The style of the game was still relatively strong in that era, and it was not the current small ball model. Three-pointers came out to support him and scored 3 more points. It would be criticized in that era. Yang Hansen's extremely intelligent high-level support and playing basketball may have many people who would have opinions about him, but there is no problem now. The success of Jokic and others shows that the center can win the championship by pulling out the game, and Curry can win the championship with a small three-pointer, which also gives more teams willing to let the center play on the outside.

If Yao Ming could gain weight while also playing more outside tactics, maybe his injury would not be that severe.

can be said to be the result of the background of the times.